Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.Mining Incidents in 2024

Employee was standing on steps of locomotive to dismount and switch rails when employee fell off train and received severe injury to arm

Employee slipped and pulled shoulder muscle.

Employee smashed finger between hook and handrail

Employee cut finger cutting bolt

Employee rolled ankle walking.

Employee stepped back, stepping in wick (drill hole), became unbalanced spraining right ankle.

Employee smashed finger

Employee strained right shoulder

Employee jarred back while operating shovel

Employee injured shoulder lifting HDPE pipe

Employee injured knee getting out of van

Employee fell down haul truck stairs

Employee felt sharp pain in lower back while moving toolbox.

Employee felt sharp pain in foot after exiting haul truck

Employee was rough loaded on haul truck

Employee placed arm in the path of the closing elevator door.

Employees ankle popped while pushing throttle on haul truck

Employee injured back attempting to dump haul truck

Employee was struck in the head by gang box lid

Employee injured head and neck dumping out haul truck

Employee received flash burns to both eyes from welding

Employee was rear ended by haul truck.

Employee was driving haul truck and hit another haul truck in front of EE.

Employee fell and fractured elbow

Employee crushed finger on fusing machine

Employee felt a pop in their foot when walking back to their truck

Personal vehicle made contact with contractor light vehicle

Employee fell from 8ft ladder at truck shop

Employee walking downstairs at the thickener underflows and tripped twisting their ankle.

Boulder hit dove tail of haul truck employee was driving (rough load)

Employee felt pain after driving over pothole.

Employee was rough loaded

Employee injured knee in mud

Employee rolled into energy trough

Bander made contact with employee's finger

Employee twisted ankle

Employee injured back shoveling

Employee injured hand while installing classifier rake

Liner screen fell on employees right knee.

Employee smashed wrist

Employee was hit in the face by metal wedge that came out of drill pipe

Employee dropped bases onto foot

Operator states they hurt their back while operating tire handler in tire laydown yard.

Employee fell from step ladder striking head and back.

Employee got caught on an airline disconnect and jerked shoulder.

EE was preparing to install a final drive on a D8 dozer. EE began preparing the surface of the main frame for the install of the final drive. The forklift rolled forward causing the final drive to flip forward off the forks striking EE in the leg pinning the leg between the final drive and roller frame.

Employee tripped over boot brush injuring right knee

Employee fell when getting off dozer

Employee hurt their leg/hip slipping on ice

Team Member was completing loading activities when they were struck by transfer hose.

Employee felt pop in elbow.

Employee was rough loaded on haul truck.

Employee lost balance and fell

Employee slipped on rock

Employee received irritation on both feet from contact with lime.

Employee popped knee while moving pipe.

Employee injured back after hitting pothole

Employee injured back after hitting rough section of road

Metal block fell on employees foot

Employee stepped off concrete base & popped knee

Employee had pinky get snagged in belt.

Employee slipped and fell

Employee injured back

Employee injured hand while replacing idler on belt

Employee slipped injuring ankle & knee.

While working to gather materials for the job, the employee bent over to pick up an item weighing only a few ounces. While standing back up, the employee felt a sharp pain in employee's back. The pain persisted after the incident had occurred and the employee decided to seek medical attention.

Employee was rough loaded on haul truck

Employee was rough loaded on haul truck

Employee hurt their head after hitting pothole

Employee slipped on mud and fell

Employee cut hand while cleaning probe

Employee smashed finger

Employee smashed finger.

Employee was grabbing the stinger to hang it up and the pinky finger of left hand got ""pinched"" between the stinger and the guard rail. Employee was attempting to lift the stinger over the hand rail to place back into holder.

IP was handling the wireline with hydraulic controls when the overshot became hung up on the bottom of the deck causing an uncontrolled release of energy resulting in overshot to contact the IP in the lower lip. This resulted in a laceration between the lower lip and chin and chipping one lower tooth.

Employee fractured wrist operating cutters

Employee was unplugging crusher and began feeling shoulder pain

Contract employee stepped up on a metal platform about a foot off the ground. When EE was stepping down, EE lost their balance and fell to the ground and landed on a metal covering on the ground. Employee hit on left side causing pain on upper left side chest.

Employee injured back breaking down tires.

Employee popped their shoulder out of place putting coveralls on.

Employee cut index finger while removing bolts from liner.

Employee felt left ankle pain.

Employee felt back pain after sitting in buddy seat of haul truck and driver hit bump

Employee dropped pin on finger.

Employee injured thumb while cleaning.

Employee dislocated finger.

Employee strained arm trying to adjust seat in haul truck

Mechanic's gloved hand was pinched between two chute liners while installing.

Employee stepped out of transport vehicle and twisted ankle.

Employee smashed middle finger between pallet and end of idler.

Employee was rough loaded in haul truck.

Employee hit pothole in haul truck

Employee stepped over a 4 inch pipe. Employee's right foot went down and rolled. Causing pain to right ankle.

Employee felt neck pain after shovel dipper hit haul truck

Employee hit knee walking out of pump station

Employee hit pothole in haul truck

Employee got hit in the back of the hard hat by chain.

Employee fell from ladder trying to dismount haul truck.

Employee caught hand in sheave & belt on cleaner PM

Employee was dismounting truck & slipped on the last step.

Employee irritated an old back injury after hitting pothole on haul roads

Employee cut/broke finger on HFC-1 jack

Employee tripped in parking lot and hurt their wrist

Employee pinched finger while aligning motor

Employee cut palm of hand on pinion gear

Employee finger was pinched between cylinder and saddle causing a cut.

Employee twisted and popped their right knee as they were boarding van

Employee hit a pothole in haul truck injuring back.

Employee hurt left shoulder when lifting hose

Employee injured back while unrolling vac hose

EE was trying to lift a final drive off an injured employee when EE lacerated their hand on the final drive.

Employee was sanding using a 5 in handheld sander with guard, the sander kicked back striking the fore arm of the employee causing a laceration.

Spring on the gangway broke causing gangway to fall, Team Member was holding on to gangway as it fell had to bare excessive force.

Employee twisted their ankle exiting haul truck

Employee smashed thumb in between locking collar and locking post

A contract carpenter was cleaning out a tailings launderer in the tunnel on the south side of Metcalf Mill in preparation for pouring concrete to repair the launderer. There was a piece of broken rebar under the standing water and it poked through the side of the employee's boot and foot.

Employee slipped and landed on their back

Employee has working on HT567. After bay was prepped, EE was walking in the bay to get a tool for another employee. While walking EE felt a pop in left foot. Employee was Diagnosed with plantar strain/plantar fasciitis

Employee injured back after hitting pothole in haul truck

EE sustained a boxer fracture to the right hand when EE stepped off the 1-foot drill deck and slipped on ice and frozen ground. EE attempted to throw drill rod away from EE, but it bounced back and landed on EE's hand. EE was wearing impact resistant gloves at the time of the injury as part of the required PPE.

Employees were working on a upper feed box installing liners and protectors when the jack stand got hit and shifted the feed box employee on the back side of the feedbox got hit/smashed by it. Employee was removed right away and taken to hospital.

Employee injured hand while repositioning a blank on stripper.

Employee hit a pothole in haul truck

Employee felt pop in right shoulder while backing up haul truck

Employee injured finger while putting equipment into box.

Employee hurt their neck after hitting pothole.

Employee was rough loaded in haul truck

Employee was in passenger seat of haul truck that was rough loaded

Employee was installing valve on 90 with hammer and hit left thumb

Employee smashed fingers between metal and frame

Stepping over a windrow employee lost balance, fell, and felt pop in knee

Employee heard knee pop while climbing onto haul truck.

Employee was closing latch when they struck their index finger with hammer

Employee was disassembling scaffolding, felt sting in left eyebrow

Employee felt debris in eyes when removing cutting edges

Employee was sitting in the driver's seat of the employee's GMC 3500 when the truck was struck by a forklift operated by an FMI employee. The FMI employee was picking up wall liners with a Teloiza extend fork PIT. Minor damage was caused to the GMC Truck.

Employee tripped and fell on pile of rocks

Employee got foreign body in eye

Employee got foreign debris in eye.

Employee had an allergic reaction while working at Moly Plant

contract employee was moving scaffold parts in Metcalf mill and had dust fall into their left eye.

Employee felt pain in forearm after using hammer

Employee exited vehicle and fell injuring knee and wrist

Employee bruised tailbone riding in buddy seat of haul truck

Employee got contaminated water in their eye

Knocking out a pin with the bullpin.

Employee cut their hand on sharp piece of metal

Employee was removing idler frame when piece broke & hit EE's mouth.

Employee cut left hand while replacing stinger bar

Employee was sprayed in the left eye with material

Employee missed step leaving shop injuring knee

Employee strained neck when cleaning area

Driller in training was pulling slack out of mainline when overshot caught up on the choke/ weight ball and voke, overshot swung over and struck driller on the mouth resulting in a cut lip and chipped tooth.

While tripping in drill pipe, drill tech was jiggling the holding fork free, when EE's right ring finger made contact with drill table. EE was wearing impact gloves, sustained a small fracture, cut wound to tip of the finger. Finger was stitched, splinted, and given prescriptions. Released to work normal duty, to tolerance.

Employee was working on a chute, a gust of wind came through the area blowing dust under the employees Safety Glasses. The employee felt discomfort, left the area and reported the incident to Supervision.

Employee slipped, fell, and injured right hand knuckles.

Employee was in the process of picking up a piece of channel iron that was cribbed on wood blocks. While picking this c-channel up another piece of c-channel moved-tipped into EE's right thumb causing an injury. The injured employee was wearing EE's glove and proper PPE. Employee stopped and notified EE's supervisor.

Employee developed rash in boots

Employee felt heat related symptoms.

Employee developed rash

Employee developed heat exhaustion.

During their annual medical assessment, an operator was diagnosed with asymptomatic simple silicosis due to findings on x-ray.

Employee felt soreness in arm from shoveling